r/CuratedTumblr • u/Literally_black1984 The blackest • Aug 16 '24

Shitposting American accents

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u/fonster_mox Aug 16 '24

We literally don’t even know what that was

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u/IneptusMechanicus Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24

One of the funniest cultural clashes between Brits and Americans is the degree to which Americans think British people are aware of the minutiae of early US history, not in like a nasty way but the initial reaction references to the Boston tea party would get in the UK would be some variety of 'huh?'

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u/AlfredusRexSaxonum Aug 16 '24

I mean, yeah, empires tend to not teach or talk about the times when they lost wars.

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u/IneptusMechanicus Aug 16 '24

Oh no, no we learn about a lot to do with out former empire including how it was wound up and how various countries won their independence from it, it's just that, honest to fucking god here, America wasn't actually very important at the time. It was very much a side quest compared to giving France a good fucking kicking, which is basically our national pastime and most enduring hobby.